Oct 2009 vs Oct 2013

I just love it when Asher gets to wear some of Pierce's old clothes... and thankfully one of Pierce's old Halloween costumes that we purchased in Singapore made it to Korea.  Here they are... Pierce was 2.5 (33 months) and Asher was 14 months.

Random fun in October 2013

Here are some random pics of the amazing time we had in October.

Asher is definitely getting better at the whole walking thing and really enjoys anything that makes noise.  If he knew something was suppose to sing/talk/or make noise he would bring to me and "UH UH UH" until I got it working.

After bible study one day Asher woke up and his friend Esther was still around to have a play... aren't they cute.

One of our friends gave this cool craft to Pierce one day... they just showed up at our door with these things and off Pierce went... really fun activity for all ages but a little messy but fun.

Look at all he made during one of Asher's naps.

Praying for a friend back home... Pray for Sam Dewey bracelets.

One of Pierce's teachers and Blake's hockey buddies got married this month and we were honored to be there.  Another wonderful Westernized Korean Wedding.

Look how handsome our little man was.

The weather was also really great this month and we spent some time outside at some really neat playgrounds.

Just a funny picture.... when you order cinnamon sticks online this is what you get... what am I suppose to do with that????

Pierce was getting his 6 year molars... see that tiny white dot in the back on the left side... As of to date (Feb 2014) they are half way in.

Asher got some cool shirts from the Cloutings... don't you just love this one.

And I got an early Christmas present... Thanks Kathy for my awesome new handmade scarf.

And Pierce finally picked out his Halloween costume for the year... Here is our Clone... Maroon Clone.

A sweet note from Pierce to a friend who was having a birthday party... I love this little man.

And I mean the next picture is just awesome RIGHT!!!!

Another fun wedding but this time was a friend of Blake's from work.. here are some NOBLE Drilling Kids.

During the wedding we had front row seats (bc we were late) and this is what our boys did during the long service... they never made a peep.

October was really fun and we had a great time until we had to say goodbye to these two.  Blake works with Greg and I meet both Greg and Lori on this project here in Korea and I have grown to love these two.  They are so sweet and I miss them everyday.  Part of the expat life that I do not like the most... saying Goodbye.

One night a small group of us went out for a last raendaveou with Lori and Greg eating the biggest Lobster and crab we could find... I think we got some winners and boy were they tasty.

And after we played screen golf... it was a first for us and really hard.  I think I woke up sore the next day from all the missed balls.  A great night with great friends making more memories as expats.

HFC Chuseok Event 2013... who will be the King and Queen?

Chuseok (Korean: 추석),^[1] originally known as hangawi (한가위, from archaic Korean for "the great middle (of autumn)"), is a major harvest festival and a three-day holiday in Korea celebrated on the 15th day of the 8th month of the lunar calendar. Like many other harvest festivals, it is held around the AutumnEquinox. As a celebration of the good harvest, Koreans visit their ancestral hometowns and share a feast of Korean traditional food such as songpyeon and rice wines such as sindoju and dongdongju.

In honor of this celebration FLIK company puts together a fashion show where they ask Foreigners to dress in traditional Korean Hanboks.  Blake and I were asked to model... little did we know that we would be asked to wear these... 

We had to show up the night before for a dress rehearsal and then get their early on the day of to get dressed, get make-up and hair done.  Here is Blake with his undergarments... doesn't he look so happy.

Koreans use these really hair pins to decorate their hair.  I asked the lady that brought all the clothes (she has a hanbok store) how much these are... and she said they range from low hundreds to high hundreds of dollars... 

Here are some hand made shoes for the little girl in the show.  I will get a pair of these for me before 

We had no idea what we were going to dress up as... we definitely did not expect to be King and Queen of the night... 

Here we are... all the models waiting to take the cat walk...

Some of the people thought the below boy was Pierce... but it is not.  He name is Wesley but he looked very similar to Pierce.  They had similar mannerisms and Wesley is 10 so there were so many differences.

They had some performances before the models...

The Kids took the stage first.

Then the adults.

These two were to represent brides...

The lady in yellow was to represent a dancer (similar to our US flapper)

This couple was to represent a King and Queen on a normal day.

This couple was to represent to King and Queen at a royal happening.

We barely fit on stage with our head dress (which cost about 10,000 USD)...

Everyone back out for one last bow.

Blake and I felt like celebrities after the event.... everyone wanted to take pics with us (as the King and Queen).

It was a fun night and definitely added some great memories to those that we already hold so dear to in our life here in Korea.

Video of the King and Queen on our first debut...